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... addition of hundreds may now be attempted without any further explanation . What is the amount of 356 added to 443 ? First , here is one parcel with three hundreds , five tens , and six units ; and here is another Chap . II . 11 ADDITION .
... addition of hundreds may now be attempted without any further explanation . What is the amount of 356 added to 443 ? First , here is one parcel with three hundreds , five tens , and six units ; and here is another Chap . II . 11 ADDITION .
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... amount . Ten parcels , each containing 48 , we already have proved ( see p . 19 ) are the same as 48 parcels , each containing ten units , or one ten ; and the ten parcels of 48 are , therefore , the same as 48 tens , or 480 . To ...
... amount . Ten parcels , each containing 48 , we already have proved ( see p . 19 ) are the same as 48 parcels , each containing ten units , or one ten ; and the ten parcels of 48 are , therefore , the same as 48 tens , or 480 . To ...
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... amount when multiplied by each digit from 2 to 9 , thus- 1-473 2-946 3-1419 4-1892 5-2365 6-2838 7-3311 8-3784 9-4257 This operation you will find very easy . To multiply any number by 2 is not difficult , your third product may be ...
... amount when multiplied by each digit from 2 to 9 , thus- 1-473 2-946 3-1419 4-1892 5-2365 6-2838 7-3311 8-3784 9-4257 This operation you will find very easy . To multiply any number by 2 is not difficult , your third product may be ...
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... from Brazil ; from the West Indies , 12,648 ; from the East Indies , 35,212 ; and from Egypt , What is the total amount of these quantities ? 13,596 . Out of the whole quantity we sent to other places D 2 Chap . VII . 39 QUESTIONS .
... from Brazil ; from the West Indies , 12,648 ; from the East Indies , 35,212 ; and from Egypt , What is the total amount of these quantities ? 13,596 . Out of the whole quantity we sent to other places D 2 Chap . VII . 39 QUESTIONS .
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... amount for 267 days at the same price ? Q. 9. If a manufacturer pays 288 shillings weekly between 24 men , how much will each man have ? Q. 10. An engineer paid , during one year , 7644 pounds in wages : now , reckoning 52 weeks in a ...
... amount for 267 days at the same price ? Q. 9. If a manufacturer pays 288 shillings weekly between 24 men , how much will each man have ? Q. 10. An engineer paid , during one year , 7644 pounds in wages : now , reckoning 52 weeks in a ...
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Page 69 - ... any number divided by 9 will leave the same remainder as the sum of its digits divided by 9.
Page 99 - It will be seen that we multiply the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor for the denominator of the quotient, and the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor for the numerator of the quotient.
Page 96 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 194 - Ans. 12 at 2s. 6d., 12 at 3s. 8d., 18 at 4s., and 18 at 4s. 8d. 4". A goldsmith has gold of 17, 18, 22, and 24 carats fine ; how much must he take of each to make it 21 carats fii^e .
Page 210 - Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess board, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, doubling continually, to 64, the whole number of squares. Now, supposing, a pint to contain 7680 of these grains, and one quarter or 8 bushels to be worth yja 6d, it is required to compute the value of all the corn ? Ans.
Page 199 - A person travelling into the country, went 3 miles the first day, and increased every day by 5 miles, till at last he went 58 miles in one day : how many days did he travel ? Ans.
Page 198 - The sum of all the terms. Any three of which being given, the other two may be found.
Page 184 - Multiply each payment by the time, at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the time required.
Page 211 - Many vegetable productions, if all their seeds were put into the earth, would in a few years cover the.whole surface of the globe. The hyosciamus, which of all the known plants produces perhaps the greatest number of seeds, would for this purpose require no more than four years. According to some experiments, it has been found that one stem of the hyosciamus produces sometimes more ; than 50000 seeds...
Page 108 - Explain why, in the multiplication of two decimals, the number of decimal places to be pointed off in the product is equal to the sum of the decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier.